Autobiographical fragment : AMs : San Francisco, [1879].

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Autobiographical fragment : AMs : San Francisco, [1879].

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Fragment of autobiography, pages numbered 25-26 and 31-41. Reminisces about a prostitute named Mary, his cousin Bob, his "strange crew" of friends, including Charles Baxter, Sir Walter Simpson, and James Walter Fenier. Relates anecdotes regarding pranks they played involving a fictitious "Mr. Libbel". List on verso of page 41. Poem in French on verso of page 39.

1 item (13 l.) in case ; 27 cm.

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